Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Why, O LORD,
do
You
stand
far
off
? Why do
You
hide
in times of trouble?
Why standest
thou
afar
off
, O Jehovah
? Why hidest
thou
thyself
in times of trouble?
In pride the wicked pursue
the needy
; let them be caught
in the schemes
they devise
.
In the
pride of
the wicked the poor
is
hotly
pursued
; Let them be taken
in the devices
that
they have
conceived
.
For the wicked man
boasts
in
the
cravings
of his heart;
he
blesses
the
greedy
and reviles
the LORD
.
For the wicked boasteth
of his heart's
desire,
And the covetous
renounceth,
`yea',
contemneth
Jehovah
.
In
his
pride
the wicked man
does
not
seek
Him;
in all his schemes
there is no God.
The wicked ,
in the
pride
of
his
countenance,
`saith',
He
will
not
require
`it'.
All his thoughts
are,
There is no God.
He
is
secure
in
his ways at all times; Your
lofty
judgments are far from
him;
he
sneers
at
all his foes
.
His ways are
firm
at all times; Thy
judgments are far above
out
of
his
sight:
As
for
all his adversaries,
he
puffeth
at
them
.
He says
to
himself
, “
I will
not be moved; from
age
to age
I am
free
of
distress
. ”
He saith
in
his
heart
, I shall
not be moved; To all
generations
I shall
not
be
in
adversity
.
His mouth is full of cursing ,
deceit,
and violence;
trouble
and malice
are
under his tongue.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit
and oppression:
Under his tongue is
mischief
and
iniquity
.
He lies
in wait
near
the villages; in ambush
he slays
the innocent; his eyes watch
in
stealth
for
the helpless.
He sitteth
in the lurking-places
of
the
villages; In the
secret
places
doth
he murder
the innocent; His eyes are
privily
set
against
the helpless.
He lies
in wait
like
a lion in a
thicket
; he lurks
to seize
the oppressed;
he catches
the lowly
in his net.
He lurketh
in secret
as
a lion in his
covert
; He lieth
in
wait
to catch
the poor:
He doth
catch
the poor,
when
he
draweth
him
in his net.
They
are
crushed
and
beaten
down ;
the hapless
fall prey
to
his strength
.
He
croucheth,
he
boweth
down ,
And
the helpless
fall by
his strong
ones
.
He says
to
himself
, “
God has
forgotten; He hides
His face and
never sees
. ”
He saith
in
his
heart
, God hath
forgotten; He hideth
his face ;
he
will
never see
it
.
Arise, O LORD!
Lift up Your
hand ,
O
God!
Do
not
forget the helpless
.
Arise, O Jehovah;
O
God,
lift up thy
hand :
Forget not
the poor
.
Why
has
the wicked man
renounced
God ?
He
says
to
himself
, “You
will
never
call
me
to
account.”
Wherefore
doth
the wicked contemn
God, And
say
in
his
heart,
Thou
wilt
not
require
`it'?
But
You
have
regarded
trouble
and
grief
; You
see
to repay
it by
Your
hand .
The victim
entrusts
himself to
You
; You
are
the helper of the fatherless.
Thou
hast
seen
`it'
; for
thou
beholdest
mischief
and
spite,
to requite
it with
thy
hand :
The helpless
committeth
`
himself '
unto
thee
; Thou
hast
been
the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and
evildoer
; call
him
to
account
for his wickedness until
none is
left
to
be
found
.
Break thou
the arm of the wicked; And
as
for the
evil
man,
seek
out
his wickedness till
thou
find
none.
The
LORD
is King forever
and ever ;
the nations perish
from
His land.
Jehovah
is King for
ever
and ever :
The nations are
perished
out
of
his land.
You
have
heard,
O
LORD
, the desire of the humble;
You
will
strengthen
their hearts.
You
will
incline
Your
ear
,
Jehovah
, thou
hast
heard
the desire of the meek:
Thou
wilt
prepare
their heart
, thou
wilt
cause
thine
ear
to
hear;
to vindicate
the fatherless and oppressed, that the
men
of the earth may strike
terror
no more.
To judge
the fatherless and the
oppressed, That man
who
is
of the earth may be
terrible
no more. Psalm
11
For
the
Chief
Musician.
`A
Psalm'
of
David.
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